noun
- The process of fever subsiding or returning to normal body temperature; the gradual reduction of fever.
Usage: medical; plural form of defervescence
Examples
- The patient experienced defervescences over the course of three days as the infection cleared.
- Multiple defervescences were recorded in the medical chart as the child's temperature fluctuated.
- The doctor monitored the defervescences carefully to ensure the fever was truly resolving.
- Defervescences often occur gradually rather than suddenly in viral infections.
- The nursing staff documented all defervescences and corresponding vital signs throughout the patient's hospital stay.